by Heidi Stevens I’m sending my baby to college in a few minutes. Fine, a few months. It feels like minutes. It has all felt like minutes. […]
Opinion
Do you want good or bad news on tornadoes and hurricanes?
by Mark Gongloff If the Car Crash Fairy offered you a deal that would lower your odds of getting in a car accident, but the trade-off was […]
Talk to children: Addiction info provides emergency first aid
by Elizabeth Massa Hoiem Recent government support to aid families impacted by substance use is heartening. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $28 million […]
The real cost of coal for West Virginia
When the Environmental Protection Agency announced its new carbon emission rules for coal-fired plants, there were a lot of numbers that got thrown around — and quite […]
A new world order for Gaza
by Martin Schram If Bibi Netanyahu and his right-fringe Israel regime didn’t exist, Yahya Sinwar and his sinful warmongers of Gaza’s Hamas probably would have had to […]
When Biden and Trump agree, consumers should worry
by Bruce Yandle Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree on at least one thing. I know what you’re probably thinking: a little more consensus might be good […]
Meanwhile, in Morgantown …
City takes panhandling law off the books Last week, the Morgantown City Council voted to repeal a 2005 panhandling law that is the basis for a federal […]
Biden trails Trump. His problem goes beyond inflation, Gaza and age
by Jonah Goldberg A batch of new polls from the New York Times, Siena College and the Philadelphia Inquirer has very bad news for President Biden: He’s […]
Post-election notes
Some post-primary election observations: ◘ Patrick Morrisey stayed steady. Various polling indicated the attorney general and Republican gubernatorial candidate had the support of around 30%-35% of likely […]
MCHD wants to know: What can it do better?
What more can the Mon County Health Department do — and what can it do better? That’s what the health department would like to know, and it’s […]